Car-door.



W. L. BLBHHBRHASSETT. ULI D001.

APPLIUATIO! IILED HAY 14, 1010. 982,787, mama .1m a1. 1911.

I IIIIIHIIZT 2.

Inder Alanya UNITED sTAgEi'rEnT OFFICE.

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CALDOOB.

982,787. Jrllu'l 0f um" lult- Intnted Jan. 31, 1911.

' Appttuttonllve lily 1l. 1010. lertat En. 1.461.

To all whomtmay concern: ri itil secured to angle irons or beams 7 55 Beit known that I, Wxuiuiu L.A Bmw mnuiannm'r, a subpct, of GreetlBritain, und resident of Fort. l 'illiunn Ontario, Canada,

hnvo invented certsin new and useful Im-4 provements in Car-Doors; and Ido hereby declare that the folluwin' is a full, clear, und exactdeseription of tio invention, surh la will enable otberi skilled in thenrt to which it. appet'tain` to make and use the BRIDE.'

The invention to be hereinafter described'- relntes to box cara and moreparticularly to box car doors.

Broldly speaking, it comprises door per, im over head rail. means forbitingtng the door from the mil, means for nd justing the doorvertieally on tta supports, retaining lates iflidably mounted on thedoor, Inghp aten mounted on the enr body and lduptetl to t'operato withthe retaining plates to hold the door in position, and moana for movingthe sliding plates to and from operative position.

In order to more clearly disclose the eon lruction, operation` and uaeof the iuvention, referenfe -honld be had to the ai-eomplnyini.'drnwiog-a forming part of the present appliwition.

' Throughout the several figures or' the` drawings like referencecharacters designato the same parts. i

In the drawings: Fi ure 1 i l aide. elevation of the door. from t ieoutside of tho ear; Fig. :t iu a view nimilur to Fig. l, with thewringing, door section rained; Fig. Il is n vertieal eine: section online tl--tl of Fig. 2. looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4i .i horizontal cross section on line 4wd ot' Fig?. l, looking in thedireetion of the ni'imv.

'.l'lw ni'iio objeetr of thoinvention are to provide :i simpl)leonatrueted ear door whieh may be mung outward and trnvel longitudinallyol' the ear. together with means for elaxnpinpy or lwearing tho door inoperative posit ion.

Referring tothe drawings in detail, 1 indientes a oar body provided withthe usual door wa) above whit-h n: mounted the support'n rait 5., Unthis rail is nlidably and revo u ly mounted n henger :l from whiehvdepend the linlot -t adjuntably eonneeted to platea b by'tnrn buckleiitt. .Them platin-i ,re

platea nro operated by links 8' and beams 7.

bo t or otherwise secured to a door 8. At the .edges of the door way areseenred verticul channel iron platea 9 adapted to eoper .te with platesvltlnlidably mounted on the door beneath the'ends of the beams 7. Thesee0 pivotally oonnet-ted at. their o iposite ends respeetively to theplates lt) ainl to a slide bar 11'. l ie bar ll is slidably mounted atabout the center of the door and between the door mi Movement of thisbar, of course, operate the linka S and causes movement of theplntcs1t). lt is necessary, of

conne, to prevent. downward movenmnt of the bar ll bevond a certainpredetermined point. Aeeordingly. a lio'ok l2 is formed on the upper endof the bur und is adapted to engage-the upper edge of the door as thebarl renehes. a predetermined point. in its downwnrd moven'ient. ln itslowermont. po- 75 Hition, the liar \ill move the links 8' into alinementsind foi-eo the plates 10 to operative position. As the iur is raised,the plates lt) will be' withdrawn from beneath the ehannel iron and thedoor will lie free so to swing outward. ln order to raise the bnr andretraet the plates` a lever t3 haa been provided. This lover is pivotedeither direetly on the door or on u stri i or barsecuxed to the door. ltin connecte b u link 14 65 to the bar tl. fitovement of the liever,therefore. elli-.eta movement of the bnr.

'lhe lower end of the door 8 may be provided witb un unxilinry opt-ninl5 closed b n plute 16. 'l'lie plate. i.- slid! ly mount- 99 edl in acounter -inl ont' the door Mid is contioeted to tho louer und of the butll. Com, seqnently, when the bar is moved to its low-i `ent position toforro plates t0 beneath channel ironstl, the plate 16 will also be moved95 to rover the opening )fiend vice versa.

'l'hil upper part of the door way is closed by a hwinging door IT,provided with n loo or strap 18 adapted to reeeive aber 19 sli ablymounted on the doot' 10 adjacent to the 100 ,ba-r 1t. ln this way, thedoor 17 mny be held in elosed laition, when desired. The bar 19 maybeeld in either raised or lowered pbriition by means of a notelied Arm l0piotnlly eonneeted to the lower eudof the ia' 1t) and adapted toeoogx-.rate with the horizontal flange of the lower angle iron or' beam7.

sorts. of the invention without in any way eparting from the eld endscope of the neme and it is meant. to include all such wlthln thinapplication wherein only a preferred form has been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I clnim as new and desireto protcrt by Letters Patent is:

l. ln combination, u. our body provided with u door way having retaininggrooves formed in its vertical walls, n door proper provided with anauxiliary door opening, means for supporting snit door adjacent sniddoor wuy, retaining plates 'slidnbly mounted on snid door and ndnpted tobe sented 'in the aforesaid moves, n lmr slidlhly mounted on smid (oor,linko eonneetingsald bnr und said retaining plates, a plate eeanevsecured to said bnr and adopted to elose the aforesaid auxiliariy dooropening. und ineens foroieratin suit bar.

2. n com inntion, a enr holy provided with n door woy having retaininggrooves formed in its vertical walls, n door proper provided with nnuuxilinrv door opening. moons for supportin Suid door ndjneent :mid doorwuy. retnlning pinten slidnhly mounted on seid door und adopted to beSeated in the aforesaid grooves, n bnr slidahlv mounted on said door,link` ontmoeting said bur and said retaining plnzm. u plante Serurod toSuid liar und ndnptod to rlose tln aforesaid auxiliary door opening,menus for operating said bnr, and means for limiting the downwardmovement of snid lmr.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hnnd in tht` presi-nee of twoitin-ex WILLIAM l.. BLENNI'RIIASSEH. ll'itnesws: y

'I. li. Humo, S.. KING.

